Workarounds: Edit configuration files (e.g. openocd.conf) to use the IDs that the board is reporting.

=== Known/Accepted Issues ===

=== Known/Accepted Issues ===

Revision as of 22:09, 12 July 2008

This is a community-written page that discusses hardware issues with the Freerunner/GTA02 device. Information here is unofficial (and possibly incorrect) unless otherwise stated. Corrections and clarifications from Openmoko employees would be greatly appreciated.

Also please DON'T PANIC when reading this page. Please give Openmoko employees time to investigate these issues and to develop a solution. Some of the items may turn out to be non-issues, or may have software workarounds.

Active Issues

GPS Antenna Connector

Issue: Poor soldering and/or mechanical deformation of the internal GPS antenna connector means that the GPS signal can be degraded to the point where the unit cannot reliably get a "cold-start" fix. See GPS_Problems and FreeRunner_GPS_antenna_repair_SOP

Affects: unknown percentage of devices

Status: Under investigation. Openmoko has not yet made an official statement regarding this problem.

Workarounds: Use an external GPS antenna. Supplying almanac data and approximate coordinates in software (so that the chip can perform a "warm" acquisition) may also help.

Poor Audio Quality

Issue: The person on the other end of a GSM phone call may experience poor audio quality, to the point where he/she cannot carry on a normal conversation.

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This is a community-written page that discusses hardware issues with the Freerunner/GTA02 device. Information here is unofficial (and possibly incorrect) unless otherwise stated. Corrections and clarifications from Openmoko employees would be greatly appreciated.

Also please DON'T PANIC when reading this page. Please give Openmoko employees time to investigate these issues and to develop a solution. Some of the items may turn out to be non-issues, or may have software workarounds.

Active Issues

GPS Antenna Connector

Issue: Poor soldering and/or mechanical deformation of the internal GPS antenna connector means that the GPS signal can be degraded to the point where the unit cannot reliably get a "cold-start" fix. See GPS_Problems and FreeRunner_GPS_antenna_repair_SOP

Affects: unknown percentage of devices

Status: Under investigation. Openmoko has not yet made an official statement regarding this problem.

Workarounds: Use an external GPS antenna. Supplying almanac data and approximate coordinates in software (so that the chip can perform a "warm" acquisition) may also help.

Poor Audio Quality

Issue: The person on the other end of a GSM phone call may experience poor audio quality, to the point where he/she cannot carry on a normal conversation.